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Wanda Wallace
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Wanda Wallace
Fantasy
- Attack of the 50ft Woman (1993)
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- ""This made-for-cable remake of the cult favorite 1958 film of the same name is updated with an even more feminist slant and has a more thoughtful (and clever) script"- New York Times
- Feminism, humor
- ""This made-for-cable remake of the cult favorite 1958 film of the same name is updated with an even more feminist slant and has a more thoughtful (and clever) script"- New York Times
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- The Lost Dreamer (2022) Lizz Huerta
- "In this fantasy inspired by ancient Mesoamerica, a lineage of seers defiantly resists the shifting patriarchal state that would see them destroyed."- Novelist
- Feminism, patriarchal society, clairvoyants and seers
- Iron Widow (2021) Xiran Jay Zhao
- "After her sister is killed in an air battle versus aliens, young Zetian avenges her death and becomes an Iron Widow, a much-feared kind of female pilot."- Novelist
- Strong female-led society; sci-fi and fantasy genre blend
- "After her sister is killed in an air battle versus aliens, young Zetian avenges her death and becomes an Iron Widow, a much-feared kind of female pilot."- Novelist
- The Gilded Ones (2020) Namina Forna
- "inspired by West African culture finds a supernatural teen ostracized by her superstitious community because of her differences before a mysterious woman invites her to fight for the emperor in an all-woman army."- Novelist
- Strong female lead, feminism, West African Culture
- "inspired by West African culture finds a supernatural teen ostracized by her superstitious community because of her differences before a mysterious woman invites her to fight for the emperor in an all-woman army."- Novelist
- Attack of the 50ft Woman (1993)
Historical Fiction
- On the Rooftop (2022) by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
- "n alternating viewpoints, Sexton depicts the nuances of familial relationships, including the sisters’ combination of loyalty and jealousy, as well as the complex and changeable nature of regret. The historical milieu is less sharply drawn, with celebrity cameos too often standing in for concrete details of time and place. Nevertheless, Sexton brings undeniable power to her depiction of dreams fragmented and deferred"- Publishers Weekly
- "The talk of the Jazz-era Fillmore, The Salvations--sisters Ruth, Esther and Chloe--find their personal ambitions on a collision course with those of their mother, whose dreams of musical stardom for them forces her to confront the parts of her life that threaten to splinter"- Novelist
- Sisters, complicated family relationships, jazz
- "n alternating viewpoints, Sexton depicts the nuances of familial relationships, including the sisters’ combination of loyalty and jealousy, as well as the complex and changeable nature of regret. The historical milieu is less sharply drawn, with celebrity cameos too often standing in for concrete details of time and place. Nevertheless, Sexton brings undeniable power to her depiction of dreams fragmented and deferred"- Publishers Weekly
- GLOW (Netflix)
- GLOW is an American comedy-drama historical fiction following the life of women in the 1980s, specifcially the gimmick-ization of their lives
- Feminism, Humor, 1980's America
- Song of a Captive Bird (2018) Jasmin Darznik
- In this sumptuous debut novel, Darznik (The Good Daughter, a memoir) retells the fleeting life of a real-life Iranian feminist, poet, and director. In this imagining—told with the vulnerability and confidence of a memoir—Forugh Farrokhzad grows up in a Tehran where women and girls see little of the world beyond their own garden walls, but the glimpses are formative. Poetry is the thread that weaves through Forugh’s journey: the familial and romantic relationships that uplift and crush her; the darkest hours of isolation where she is made to forget her own work; the possibilities and promise, always just out of her reach"- Novelist
- "Reimagines the life of rebel poet Forugh Farrokzhad, a passionate young writer in search of freedom and independence from the restrictions imposed on women in mid-twentieth-century Iran."- Novlist
- Reimagined life of a real person, strong female lead, Iran
- "Reimagines the life of rebel poet Forugh Farrokzhad, a passionate young writer in search of freedom and independence from the restrictions imposed on women in mid-twentieth-century Iran."- Novlist
- In this sumptuous debut novel, Darznik (The Good Daughter, a memoir) retells the fleeting life of a real-life Iranian feminist, poet, and director. In this imagining—told with the vulnerability and confidence of a memoir—Forugh Farrokhzad grows up in a Tehran where women and girls see little of the world beyond their own garden walls, but the glimpses are formative. Poetry is the thread that weaves through Forugh’s journey: the familial and romantic relationships that uplift and crush her; the darkest hours of isolation where she is made to forget her own work; the possibilities and promise, always just out of her reach"- Novelist
- The Great (Hulu)
- The Great follows Catherine the Great of Russia through a fictitious and humorous accounting of her love, her struggles, and her reign
- Dark humor, strong female lead, romance, relationship building
- The Book of V (2022) Anna Solomon
- "Esther, the Old Testament teenager who reluctantly married a Persian king and saved her people, is connected across the ages to two more contemporary women in a sinuous, thoughtful braid of women’s unceasing struggles for liberty and identity.Biblical Esther, second-wave feminist Vee, and contemporary mother-of-two Lily are the women whose narrative strands and differing yet sometimes parallel dilemmas are interwoven in Solomon’s (Leaving Lucy Pear, 2016, etc.) questing, unpredictable new novel. All three are grappling—some more dangerously than others—with aspects of male power versus their own self-determination."- Kirkus
- "A modern family woman grappling with sexual and intellectual desires, a Watergate-era political wife confronting a life-changing choice and an independent-minded sacrifice to an ancient Persian king explore enduring women’s realities that have not changed for millennia."- Novelist
- Multiple narrators, genreblending- fantasy and historical fiction, feminism, the problems of women through the ages, sexuality
- "Esther, the Old Testament teenager who reluctantly married a Persian king and saved her people, is connected across the ages to two more contemporary women in a sinuous, thoughtful braid of women’s unceasing struggles for liberty and identity.Biblical Esther, second-wave feminist Vee, and contemporary mother-of-two Lily are the women whose narrative strands and differing yet sometimes parallel dilemmas are interwoven in Solomon’s (Leaving Lucy Pear, 2016, etc.) questing, unpredictable new novel. All three are grappling—some more dangerously than others—with aspects of male power versus their own self-determination."- Kirkus
- The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin (2022) Kip Wilson
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- LGBTQ+, historical fiction, coming of age
- "A fascinating historical novel about Hilde, an orphan who experiences Berlin on the cusp of World War II and discovers her own voice and sexuality and finds a family when she gets a job at a cabaret." -Novelist
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- I recommend attending a virtual feild trip of the National Women's History Museum https://www.womenshistory.org/virtual-field-trips
- On the Rooftop (2022) by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Horror
- The Chilling Adventures of Sabring (Netflix)
- The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina follows young witch Sabrina Spellman, of both the famed graphic novels by the same name and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is a haunting new series full of mystery, horror, and deals with the devil.
- Spell Casters, frightening adventures, mystery
- Down and Out in Purgatory (2019) Tim Powers
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- "Powers has been writing some of the finest and most influential science fiction, fantasy, and horror since the 1970s, winning numerous awards. He is a master of blending these genres into compelling yet intricately plotted, atmospheric stories that tend to feature real figures from history in situations that with just a small injection of speculative elements get a whole lot more interesting."- Novelist
- 20 short stories from famed author TIm Powers
- Short stories, horror, fantasy, sci-fi
- "Powers has been writing some of the finest and most influential science fiction, fantasy, and horror since the 1970s, winning numerous awards. He is a master of blending these genres into compelling yet intricately plotted, atmospheric stories that tend to feature real figures from history in situations that with just a small injection of speculative elements get a whole lot more interesting."- Novelist
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- The Living Dead (2008)
- "The shambling animated corpses of George Romero's films have lurched into the bookstores in droves in recent months, headlined by high-profile titles like World War Z and Monster Island . In this anthology, editor Adams (Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse ) does a remarkable job of collecting a sampling of variations on this theme"- The Library Journal
- Themes: Zombies, creepy, horror, short stories
- An anthology of zombie stories written by some of the best of the genre
- "The shambling animated corpses of George Romero's films have lurched into the bookstores in droves in recent months, headlined by high-profile titles like World War Z and Monster Island . In this anthology, editor Adams (Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse ) does a remarkable job of collecting a sampling of variations on this theme"- The Library Journal
- Bog Child (2008) Siobhan Dowd
- Themes: Character-driven, Intricately plotted, family, lyrical writing, foreign location, genreblending: Histoircal Fiction and Horror
- "This haunting, suspenseful novel follows the parallel stories of Fergus [a young adult in Northern Ireland], facing the final high-school exams that will decide his future, and a murdered Iron Age "bog child" he names Mel after he discovers her well-preserved body in a peat marsh"- Kirkus
- I recommend a day trip, tour, and reading about a haunted building in your area
- "A collection of 27 short stories and 36 tiny tales from around the world that feature haunted temples, diners, hotels, shops, hospitals, and other buildings. The stories, along with maps, travel notes, and illustrations, will provide a global experience for travelers and armchair ghost hunters alike"- Novelist
- The Chilling Adventures of Sabring (Netflix)
Sci-Fi
- Lucia's Masks (2013) Wendy MacIntyre
- In a fictional dystopian world, Lucia's most beloved possession is destroyed, pushing her to leave the society she knows. With a collection of other escapees she gathers along the way, each contaminated by their worlds, they are on a quest that seems impossible to survive. Then they come across a box of Greek tragedy masks that hold a power that might help lead to their success.
- "The author's great imagination and extra-ordinary language skills had me in rapture. This is a beautiful story unfolding with a great pace and attention to details. The characters are wonderfully crafted. I sat for many minutes after I turned the last page to relive all the stages of their journey."- Pangaea Pangaea on GoodReads
- Strong female lead, dystopian world, survival, alternate reality
- In a fictional dystopian world, Lucia's most beloved possession is destroyed, pushing her to leave the society she knows. With a collection of other escapees she gathers along the way, each contaminated by their worlds, they are on a quest that seems impossible to survive. Then they come across a box of Greek tragedy masks that hold a power that might help lead to their success.
- After the Flood (2019) Kassandra Montag
- "A tale set in an anarchic near-future America of mountaintop colonies surrounded by rising oceans finds an independent woman trading for supplies and information about the daughter who was stolen from her eight years earlier." -Novelist
- Apocalyptic fiction, a band of survivors, strong female leads, climate change, haunting, suspenseful
- Noor (2021) Nnendi Okorafor
- A woman, scientifically enhanced after injury, must race against time across Northern Nigeria to save herself and her world from imperialism
- Evil corporations, Humans 2.0, Strong female lead, Afrofuturism, building of relationships
- Advantageous (2015)
- "Advantageous transcends obvious budgetary limitations to pose thought-provoking questions about gender roles and family dynamics."- Rotten Tomatoes
- Female lead, diverse cast
- Lucia's Masks (2013) Wendy MacIntyre
Imágenes y archivos del mapa
- Bog Child Book Trailer (Enclavar)
- Noor by Nnedi Okorafor Book Trailer by Afriware Books #shorts (Enclavar)
- Embed (Enclavar)
- ADVANTAGEOUS Trailer (2015) Science-Fiction (Enclavar)
- THE GILDED ONES | Official Book Trailer (Enclavar)
- Iron Widow Book Preview (Enclavar)
- Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (Trailer) (Enclavar)
- SNEAK PEEK: The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta | Teaser Trailer (Enclavar)
- GLOW Official Trailer (2017) Alison Brie Netflix New TV Series HD (Enclavar)
- THE GREAT Official Trailer (HD) Elle Fanning (Enclavar)
- Super Short Recommendations: The Most Dazzling Girl In Berlin (Enclavar)
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Season 1 Trailer | Rotten Tomatoes TV (Enclavar)
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- MLIS Assignment 2B Mapa Mental sobre Wanda Wallace, creado por Sierra Janssen el 13/02/2023.
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